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Malicious package

pylibutilPyPI

Malicious code in pylibutil (PyPI) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2024-5741
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall pylibutil

Malicious versions

2 flagged
0.9.20.9.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

fc7ee3463134c7bbee307e48ef292a7947ad4480238eccd63da560700c77dce2
cc254f00116d09f930ef756d2e7f782687916e6f2209183d76ec6d0589cd1d2e

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for pylibutil (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging pylibutil across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove pylibutil from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If pylibutil was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks pylibutil before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. pylibutil on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.9.2, 0.9.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-04534RLUA-2024-08965

References

Credits

  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks pylibutil-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

pylibutil (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2024-5741 | O3 Security